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[challenge entry] I missed Tommy Lee Jones's birthday this morning...
So have this fluffy now instead...



* OK smart arse, where would you put the apostrophe to refer to his birthday?

From the Fluffy The Penguin challenge. See all 248 entries (closed)

(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:18, archived)
# Tommy Lee Jones's is okay
although some would use Tommy Lee Jones'.

Ordinarily I would use the latter, the former is only useful where there might be a plural (as in lots of TLJs having their birthday).
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:19, archived)
# But his name is Jones (singular) so you would need another 's'?

This reminds me of a conversation I once had with a landlord who said his pub was called "The Red Lion".
I was trying to convince him that it was just called "Red Lion" otherwise I would have to ask my mates if they were going to the The Red Lion tonight.

* It doesn;t really matter, as I was very, very drunk at the time.
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:25, archived)
# jones's is correct
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:34, archived)
# I
cant keep up with this
(I helped save b3ta! Steerable_forehead Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration,don't fail me now, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:38, archived)
# But surly it should have a capital 'J'

* Yes I know... You want me to stop calling you Shirley
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:50, archived)
# Anyway, if I put that, it would read ""Jones is Birthday"
Should it not be "Joness' Birthday"?
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 13:51, archived)
# no, what you said originally is correct
i was agreeing with you
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:47, archived)
# The convention is that you add the extra s for names of 1 or 2 syllables
but skip it for 3 or more

(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:21, archived)
# So I wouldn't need to add the additinal 's' if I was refering to Roger More' Birthday?
(I'm a bit confused now)
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:30, archived)
# well, no
because roger moore is spelt with two "OO"s
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:46, archived)
# I'm only referring to names that already end in an 's'
So you would add it for any names that doesn't end in an 's'
Roger Moore's
Arnold Schwarzenegger's
Jesus's
Angelos Papadopoulos'
(I helped save b3ta! Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 15:00, archived)
# But that still means "Roger Moore is Birthday"
Oh I don't understand... Is it nearly Bear Tiem yet?
(I helped save b3ta! Wobbly Bloke Hello, did I miss anything on, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 15:15, archived)
# gaz'd
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 16:52, archived)
# No, you would not.
You can use one and Jones's is correct, but Jones' is also correct.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:25, archived)
# i believe Jones' is accepted, rather than correct
(I helped save b3ta! real i'm not happy 'til you're not happy, Thu 15 Sep 2011, 14:48, archived)